† Fürst Carl zu Wied

Fürst Carl zu Wied died unexpected at the Age of 53. he ws brought yesterday to the Martienhosptial St. Elisabeth where he deid in the early morning. Most likely the cause of death is a Heart attack.

The bandwidth of theaction of theFürst was very large. He was involvedinnature conservation andenvironmental organizations.Since 2000he was chairmanof the Natural ParkRhein-Westerwald. As adistrictmaster hunter, he was active.More recently,Prince Carlwas electedtoWiedforspeakers of allRhineland-PalatinateNature Parks. In addition,he heldother functions.TheNeuwiederMayorNicholasRothwas shockedwhen receivingthenews of his death. “We have lost a great friendand supporter,” was his first reaction.

Fürst Carl was married to Pricness Isabelle zu Wied. They had thee children. Maximilian who will now became the new Fürst zu Wied, Friedrich and Luise.